Chapter Ninety-Six: Elaboration
But when Wang Xi really saw Chen Luo, he was full of unwillingness and suddenly couldn't speak.
When Chen Luo came, he was still wearing the official uniform on duty, his handsome face was so black that he could almost drip rain, and his lips were pursed tightly, like a river god who was about to be angry, if anyone angered him, he could swallow people in one bite.
Wang Xi has tried his bottom line to her again and again from her previous relationship with Chen Luo, this kind of anger is not enough to make her afraid, she is a little heartbroken for him.
He looks like this, and when he looks at it, something is happening, and he is in a bad mood.
She didn't laugh, and after a few words of greeting with Miss Bo Liu, she followed Chen Luo out of the door.
But Miss Bo Liu, she didn't say anything, she didn't mention any jewelry or benefits, and when she sent them away, she looked like she was sending the plague god, which made Wang Xi secretly strange.
Chen Luo came over in a sedan chair and brought a sedan chair to pick up Wang Xi.
Wang Xi was so strange, but he still got on the sedan chair without a sound.
They didn't go far, they were still in Xiaoyongfang, just in the six alleys next to Huailiu Hutong, and entered a small house with two doors.
The sedan chair went directly into the hanging flower door.
Chen Luo introduced: "This is a house I bought when I was a child. At that time, I didn't want to go home, so I bought this house in the name of Chen Zhong, and came to settle down from time to time. He also introduced, "Chen Zhong is Chen Yu's father, who used to be a servant of the Jin family, and later followed my mother to the Zhenguo Mansion. It was kind of a gift from my mother. β
Chen Yu actually came from such a background.
Chen Luo's heart is big enough.
No wonder Chen Luo didn't have any expression when he saw the eldest princess and Jin Songqing last time, did he already know about it and accept the matter of his mother and Jin Songqing?
Wang Xi couldn't hold back and asked, "Then what is Chen Zhong doing now?" β
Chen Luo said vaguely: "Now you're helping me take care of some industries." β
Wang Xi condensed.
Dare to love Chen Luo and quietly buy the industry, and let Chen Zhong take care of it!
However, there are no absolutes in the world, maybe this Chen Zhong father and son became Chen Luo's loyal servants in the process of interacting with Chen Luo?
Wang Xi could only think so, and looked at Chen Luo's private property twice.
The yard is not big, but it is very clean, three main rooms, two east and west wings, red pillars and green windows, the left is a jujube tree that is higher than the roof, at this time there are clusters of small flowers, but the grape vines on the right are full of bunches of grapes, the lotus flowers raised in the blue and white vat next to the grapes have opened two or three, under the afterglow, the small courtyard is quiet and full of vigor and vitality.
Cunning rabbit three-hole guy!
He alone she knew had three properties.
I don't know where and what other industries are there?
Wang Xi and Chen Luo sat at the stone table under the grape trellis and talked.
Drink is still Mingqian Longjing.
Wang Xi suspected that Chen Luo's hands were full of Longjing before the Ming Dynasty, entertaining guests and entertaining friends.
Anyway, the reputation of Longjing in front of the Ming Dynasty is outside, and no one can find fault with it.
Where did Chen Luo want Wang Xi to slander him in his belly, and said, "I have already arranged it." Most of the servants of the Zhenguo Mansion came from their hometown in Henan, and when the time came, Mi Niangzi pretended to be a girl who returned to live after marrying outside, and with my father's temperament, he would definitely accept people. At this, he pursed the corners of his lips, revealing a slight sarcasm.
Could it be that there is a story to this?
Wang Xi is now interested in Chen Luobi Zhen Guogong. She said: "Your ancestral home in Henan? What is Henan? β
Chen Luo said disdainfully: "Luoyang." β
Wang Xi was a little surprised, and said: "The ancient capital is a famous city! The peonies there are particularly famous. I also ate their water mat, which was full of hot dishes with soup and water, and after eating one dish at a time, I ate eight or ten dishes, and I could eat it all day. I was still talking to my second brother at the time. These dishes must be the court dishes of the previous dynasty, they were much better officials than the current officials at that time, not to mention anything else, at least they don't have to fill their stomachs in advance when they participate in the royal palace banquet, and the courtiers will not be overfed by the emperor. β
When Chen Luo heard this, he thought of the scenes he had attended the palace banquets before, and he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth lightly, revealing a faint smile.
Noticeably cloudy to clear.
Wang Xi didn't expect him to really listen to his words.
Chen Luo felt that being with Wang Xi and listening to her talk about Xila could really make him feel better.
He couldn't help but talk about some things in his family: "Because of this, my father always boasts that he was born in a famous family, and his ancestors have produced several great generals, unlike other founding achievements, no matter what his appearance is, he is very high in his bones, and he looks down on this and that." β
Could it be because of this, although Baoqing is the eldest princess, Chen Yu still doesn't look down on her for a second marriage?
Wang Xi didn't ask for it, and joked with Chen Luo: "I didn't expect you to be famous!" β
Chen Luo laughed out loud, and actually said a little humbly: "Everyone says that I have a good background, but I think it's quite boring." β
Wang Xi didn't know that Chen Luo might have thought that he would be disgusted by people when he said such things, but now, she thinks so too.
It is fortunate that a person has a good background, but such a family is not harmonious, so that you can't live at home, and when you need someone to help you and no one to shelter, it is better to be born in an ordinary place and have a heart for your family.
She didn't think it was a good topic, so she nodded with a smile and changed the subject: "Why are you looking so bad today?" Is something wrong? β
Chen Luo listened and fell silent.
Wang Xi could see that he was considering whether to tell her, otherwise he could have refused directly instead of being silent.
Sure enough, Chen Luo thought about it for a long time, and finally told Wang Xi: "At noon today, I have lunch in the palace." The emperor gave food. Jin Wuwei and I both commanded Shi Lei and the military department to write the season, and the household department to thank the time. The emperor discussed the war in southern Fujian with Li Shijie and Xie Shi, I was on duty, and Shi Lei talked back and forth to the emperor. As he spoke, the emperor somehow talked about Ma San's supervision of the army in southern Fujian, and then said that he wanted me to go to southern Fujian after the Mid-Autumn Festival and follow Yan Zhen to learn the ability to deploy troops in formation. β
Ma San is the great eunuch of Sima Jian, who once served the emperor when he was in the palace, and is one of the emperor's confidants and eunuchs. Yan Zhen was the governor of Fujian before, and later made meritorious contributions to the anti-Japanese war and was promoted to the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang. Now he is leading troops to fight against the Japanese in Minnan.
Wang Xi thought, this is a good thing!
If you go, you can make meritorious contributions.
When the dynasty is in the ancestral system, only those who have merit in the society can be knighted.
Chen Luo went, maybe he could fight for a meritorious service by himself, and he didn't have to fight with Chen Ying for food in the one-third of an acre of land in the Zhenguo Mansion.
But this excitement is like fireworks that burn fast and go out quickly, leaving behind lingering smoke.
What she can think of, Chen Luo can definitely think of. can look at Chen Luo's appearance, she is not the slightest bit happy, she is still very angry, there must be something strange in this that she doesn't know.
Wang Xi didn't understand the temperament to ask, she said bluntly: "But what's wrong? β
Chen Luo nodded and said, "Do you know why the emperor married my mother to the Zhenguo Mansion?" β
Wang Xi felt that the eldest princess and Zhenguo Gong were too complicated, and she didn't want to guess anymore, so she shook her head directly.
Chen Luo glanced at Wang Xi and asked, "Do you know that there are more than three of the top ten princes, why is only the Zhenguo Mansion still standing?" β
It's time to tell the rhythm of the story.
Of course, Wang Xi couldn't destroy it, and continued to shake his head.
Chen Luo's expression was really gentle. He said: "The birds are all gone, and the good bow is hidden." In order to avoid the disputes in the capital, the ancestors of the Chen family took the initiative to ask Yingzhen to guard Yanzhou, until my great-grandfather, who fought Goryeo three times and asked Goryeo to call him a minister, then moved back to the capital.
"Although my father is not very good at character, he is a scholar who can take the two lists of scholars, Wu Ke pulls three stone bows, is exquisite, long-sleeved and martial, and is especially good at observing faces, judging the situation, and figuring out the intentions."
When he talked about "judging the situation and sizing up the situation," the sarcasm of the mention of "Luoyang" just now appeared in his eyes.
Wang Xi thought that Chen Yu had abandoned the city and fled......
"The officials of Yanzhou, especially the military attachΓ©s, especially like to 'talk heart-to-heart' with my father, and they also like to ask my father for ideas." Chen Luo said, "When Goryeo comes to pay tribute, he will come to the Zhenguo Mansion to visit the Zhenguo Mansion after sending the national letter to the Siyi Pavilion.
"At that time, the emperor had the Bo family inside and the Marquis of Qingping outside, and he didn't want any more trouble in Goryeo, so he had to marry my mother to the Zhenguo Mansion.
"What about Zhen Guogong? He wanted to suppress the Marquis of Qingping, but he was unwilling to succumb to the Marquis of Qingyun because of the marriage. Although I was not very willing, I still pinched my nose and agreed. β
When Chen Luo said this, he was very helpless, and even his eyes as bright and beautiful as stars dimmed.
Wang Xi said angrily: "But this is like doing business." Even if you lose money, no one pressed your head to ask you to agree, so you have to fulfill the contract well. What is Zhen Guogong? Just want to get benefits, but find out that you have lost money and are not cost-effective, so you have to regret it? Could it be that the emperor forced him to fail in the first place? β
If you lose it, you have to regret it!
That's really to the point.
I think that at the beginning, there was another queen in Qingyunhou's family, in order to avoid suspicion, the Bo family tolerated everywhere, self-denial everywhere, Qingping Hou did not dare to speak up because of the defeat in the Yongchang war, and the Zhenguo Mansion was indeed very beautiful for a while. But as the second prince grew up safely, the Marquis of Qingping recovered the six cities of Gangu, and the emperor began to use the Marquis of Qingping to suppress the Zhenguo Mansion, and Chen Yu felt that he couldn't make it.
Although Wang Xi didn't know anything, he told him about his father's mentality.
He couldn't help but laugh and said, "You're smart!" β
"Of course." Wang Xi said proudly, "My grandfather said that if I cared less about food, clothing, and accessories, I would not be worse than my eldest brother in business." But how hard it is to do business, and I don't eat less and wear less, why should I embarrass myself? Of course I'm going to lie down in the rice warehouse and be a rice worm! β
Chen Luo laughed, his heart was very happy, and he didn't see the haze just now.
Wang Xi looked at the itching in his heart, and said cautiously: "Then, why were you so unhappy just now?" β
Chen Luo was stunned, with the smile on his face still lingering just now, and then laughed again. said: "If I am knighted for meritorious service by picking other people's peaches, what do you think the people of Yanzhou will say about me?" β
I feel like I'm trying to speed up the pace as much as possible from chapter to chapter, and everyone still thinks it's going too slowly......